Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-06


from her full description of the murderer,
his present surroundings and friends, and
finally, by gigantic effort, the street, num-
Der and description Of the Berlin dwelling
in which the said murderer lay concealed.
There was Joy in the hearts Of the officials
when it was discovered The location de-
scribed is vacant lot.
The restorer Of the Darmstadt Madonna,
by Hobbin, has received a grand medal for
kunst und wissenschaft.
A meeting Of the directors of the zoolog-
ical gardens has been held in Berlin. The
next meeting will be held at Bresslau in ISIS
The continual trouble on the Russo-Ger-
man frontiers begins TO attract seriousstten-
ton. The incidents are much like tn Jse on
the Franco-R Russian frontier.
The returns of the excited Catholic clergy
is causing all through Prussia a considerable
amount of i'll feeling. The first result of this
is to give an impetus to the movement in the
Prussian state looking toward disestablsh-
ment of this state church. Regarding the re-
turn of the monks and nuns saw recently
Probst a prominent churchman, who said
that the number of returning clergy has been
greatly exaggerated. Many of those driven
from Prussia by the ruetterkampf have set
of the clergy, for instance, who went to
America will, as a rule, stay there. From
Holland many will return, but come slowly
and in such a way as to give the least Of
fense. Many closters will be reflled only
with the recruits Of new generation. He
l'robst) expressed strongly the opinion that
the Catholic church has been greatly strength
ened although Prussia, by the struggle, as
he claims is shown by the great num-
ber of new Catholic churches now being
built for cloister life. He predicts notable
revival all through Prussia He thinks this
is the best means of combating the worldly
spirit of the times. Neither Probst himself
or his aides could tell me the number of clergy
who have so far returned to Prussia Fret
herr Won Hammerstein, editor of the strong
conservative protestant organ, the Kreuz
Zeitung, has been one of the strongest and
most influential champions of Protestant dis
establishment. went, therefore, to him to
ask why his church seeks separation from the
Prussian government He said "At pres
ent twenty million PrOtestants received from
the Prussian government about one-fourth
less money per year than is granted to ten
million Catholics. Furthermore, the Catho-
| lies receive their money, say. two million
marks, absolutely without the possibility of
parliamentary haggling or Interference We,
on the other hand, must go each year to a
| parliament composed partly of Jews, Catho
| lies and atheists, all of whom have vote in
deciding how much the ProteStantS shall
| receive and how much money shall be eX-
pended. Our church is also, in part, con-
| trolled by minister who is responsible to
| this same parliament. What we ask is mere
| ly equality with Catholics, or equal money
| granted according to our numbers; a perpet-
| ual grant like the Catholic grant, not the
subject Of the pariaments nterfer-
! ence. During the Napoleonic
wars, the churcl income, equal,
according to present values to four to
| 5000, 600 marks was coa fscated. Reimbursal
| was promised, was evf'l taken into consider;a-
| tion by Frederick Wilhelm ". We do not
ask that the capital be returned, but merely
| that interest be given us as our right instead
| of, as at present, a third only of the amount
| due us, doled out annually by parliament.
Our prospects are improving very fast Ma
turally the danger caused by the Catholic
victory stimulated the desire for disestab-
lishment Five provincial synods have al
ready petitioned the king for freedom. The
three remaining synods will soon present
similar petitions. Within twenty y-three years
we will gain our point. The church will be
exclusively controlled by council appointed
by the king as chief bishop out of number
of church dignitaries selected by the provin
cial synod. 1t will then be no longer possible
that the practical head of the Protestant
church shall be Jew or Catholic"
at is curious to see strong conservatives
attempting to limit the dover of the king"
"Ah, but you are in error thinking this is
our object. On the contrary we wish tc
relieve the king from an improper parliamcn
tary usurpation of power. We wish to be
come again, in fact as always in theory, chic,
bishop of Prussia free from all restraint O
parliament"
In talking over this subject one presen
said to me, "Kulturkampf failed because so
cial democrats sprang up wherever the Catho
lie church was driven out Furthermore
the Catholic party in the reichstag became
exceedingly troublesome Bismarck prefer
Catholicism to socialism, and since Catholic
ism must be permitted finds it easier to dea
with the pope than the Catholic party. II
fact he will now govern the Catholics through
the pope or force them to rebel against tn
pope"
| Berlin musical circles have had enough T.
| gossip about this week. First came a row il
| the Royal opera mouse, IN WnlCh DrectO
Won Strause spoke his mind publicly an
plainly to his chief intendant, Graf Hoet
berg, on the strength Of bit of paper acc
dentally picked up. The drecto
gave the intendant the lie an
was naturally at once suspended
Public interest in the matter is all the create
because the Berlin opera has been of lat
seriously crippled by either favoritism or il
efficient management. Out of this discor
| Berliners hope will come better mus 5
that the capital of the empire shall not an
, longer be notoriously inferior in its ol y
| to any one of half dozen German towns
, The general opinion seems to be that No
, Strause will lose his place, but there is ais
1 ! a strong feeling that it should not stop here
, Some reform is demanded which shall pr
vent intrigues which this scandal brought I
J light, or which shall at least make it mpo
) sible for ntrigues to force Berlin to accel
) Indifferent opera where it might an
| should have the best, As if to emphasia
Q the necessity for better managemer
Q we had here Monday as guest at the oper
: house Signor Goetz, Berlin went Graz
: about him. Seats Were not to be had at an
5 | price. The house, instead Of doing throug
: the singing as is the rule here of late, wa